Here's what you need to know about SM.

Gameplay and rules are excellent. However, it's a fairly easy pin to keep the ball going for long amounts of time. This is a game that suffers from easy and long ball times. I highly recommend you adjust the following to help the gameplay difficulty match its ruleset; #1 remove the center drain post, #2 Steeper Pitch, #3 open Outlanes, #4 put lightning flippers in. It makes the game more challenging, yet more fun - so i do recommend at least #1 & #2 then go to #3 & #4 based on your skill level and preference.

Another thing to note is a lot of people complain that it's dock ock all day for strategy; if you find this true, you can disable it in settings so you can only play dock ock a max of 3 times.

That all said, Ive owned 2 original SM's and currently own the VE. So yea, i highly recommend it. it's an excellent pin and has stood up to the test of time. I prefer the Vault Edition - Pretty much for the reasons IdahoRealtor mentioned. I am not a fan of the Movie theme art/sounds/call outs/display. But this is personal preference.